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The science of physics plays a key role in many space weather phenomena. Charged particles, magnetic fields, forces and motion, and the electromagnetic spectrum are all part of space weather ...Read moreBrought to you by CISM

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12/10 Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace, a British mathematician, was born on this date in 1815 Details

12/12 Henrietta Swan Leavitt, an Americam astronomer, died on this date in 1921 Details

12/14 Birthday of Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, on this date in 1546 Details